A History of the Mahrattas v1.c5.s2.21

v1.c5.s2.21

As to the conditions under which Grant Duff wrote his history, and the details of its publication in 1826 by Messrs. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green of Paternoster Row, we have information in a letter written by Grant Duff from ‘Eden, by Banff,’ on January 30, 1846, to Mr. H. E. Goldsmid of the Bombay Civil Service.¹ The latter, when on furlough in 1845–6, wrote to Grant Duff urging him to publish a second edition of his work, and received the reply of January 30, 1846, from which the following extract is taken.